Former England women’s international Karen Carney has deleted her Twitter account three days after Leeds United’s official account mocked her analysis of the club’s Championship-winning campaign last season.
In her analysis for Amazon Prime Video Sport, Carney had suggested that the pandemic-induced break in 2020 helped the English club in their bid to qualify for the Premier League, allowing Leeds players a rest from manager Marcelo Bielsa’s notoriously exhausting demands.
But the Yorkshire club picked on one point of the analysis – “promoted last season because of Covid” – and targetted it. A clip of Carney speaking during Leeds’ 5-0 win at West Brom on Tuesday was tweeted by Leeds’ official Twitter handle with a caption that mocked it.
Football: Leeds United criticised as pundit Karen Carney is trolled by club, owner defends tweet
🤔 “Promoted because of Covid”
🙂 Won the league by 10 points
👋 Hi @primevideosport